16 Genesis 2:25-3:6 (The Serpent)

This Present Darkness:
How should we think about and respond to the person of Satan?
I. Review
II. Genesis 2:5-3:6
III. Demonology
A. Warnings
B. On naturalism
1. Naturalistic assumptions
2. There is another reality intertwined with our own
Numbers 22:31, 2 Kings 6:15-17, 2 Corinthians 12:2-4
C. The heavenly Host Hierarchy
1. Hosts of heaven or armies of heaven (1 Kings 22:19)
2. Holy ones (Psalm 89:5-7)
3. Heavenly ones (Job 15:15, Deut 32:43)
4. Sons of God (Job 1:6, 38:7)
5. Stars (Job 38:7)
6. Mighty ones (Psalm 103:20)
7. Spirit (Kings 22:20-21)
8. Elohim / gods / divine being (Psalm 82:1)
9. Watchers (Daniel 4:13)
10. Ministers (Psalm 104:4)
11. Angels (Genesis 16:7)
12. Archangel (1 Thes 4:16, Jude 1:9)
13. Seraphim (Isaiah 6:2, 6)
14. Cherubim (Genesis 3:24, Ezekiel 10:20)
15. Demons (Deut 32:17, Psalm 106:37)
D. Classification
E. Satan / The Devil / Lucifer
Rev 12:9, Gen 3:14, Eze 28:13-15, Is 14:12-5, 6:2-3
V. How Should We Then Live?
1. Our only defense is the Lord Jesus Messiah.
2. Know the true nature of the enemy.
3. Know the method of attack (the word of God)
4. Know, understand, and commit to obeying the word of God.